By Steve Miller, RealClearInvestigations
June 29, 2020 Monuments and places named for famous people tied to racism are being erased across the country. So why does the late Democratic powerhouse Sen. Robert Byrd escape virtually unscathed -- even though he was once a Ku Klux Klan organizer?
Reporting for RealClearInvestigations from Byrd’s native West Virginia, Steve Miller encounters much silence on the matter, but identifies three factors to explain Byrd's absolution: politics, pork, and penitence.
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